but by precious blood like that of an unblemished and spotless lamb, namely Christ.

Gazing at Jesus as he walked by, he said, “Look, the Lamb of God!”

On the next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!

Now the passage of scripture the man was reading was this: “He was led like a sheep to slaughter, and like a lamb before its shearer is silent, so he did not open his mouth.